IWGP World Tag Team Champions

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IWGP World Tag Team Champions

1 Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
(December 12 1985/ Sendai, Japan)
Defeated Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi to win the first
title.

2 Osamu Kido & Akira Maeda
(August 5 1986/ Tokyo, Japan)

3 Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura (2)
(September 23 1986/ Tokyo, Japan)
Vacate title in March of 1987

4 Shiro Koshinaka & Keiji Muto
(March 20 1987/ Tokyo, Japan)
Defeated Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada to win the vacant title.

5 Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada
(March 26 1987/ Osaka, Japan)

6 Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kazuo Yamazaki
(September 1, 1987/ Fukuoka, Japan)

7 Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura (3)
(January 18 1988/ Takayama, Japan)

8 Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
(June 100 1988/ Hiroshima, Japan)

9 Super Strong Machine & George Takano
(March 19 1989/ Yokohama, Japan)

10 Riki Choshu & Takayuki Iizuka
(July 13 1989/ Tokyo, Japan)

11 Shinya Hashimoto & Masa Saito
(September 20 1989/ Osaka, Japan)

12 Masahiro Chono & Keiji Muto
(April 27 1990/ Tokyo, Japan)

13 Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki
(November 2 1990/ Tokyo, Japan)

14 Hiro Saito & Super Strong Machine
(December 26 1990/ Hamamatsu, Japan)

15 Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki (2)
(March 6 1992/ Nagasaki, Japan)

16 The Steiner Brothers
(March 21 1991/ Tokyo, Japan)
Vacate title November 5, 1991.

17 Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Muto
(November 5 1991 Tokyo, Japan)
Defeated Scott Norton & Rick Steiner to win the vacant title.

18 Bam Bam Bigelow & Big Van Vader
(March 1 1992/ Yokohama, Japan)

19 The Steiner Brothers (2)
(June 26 1992/ Tokyo, Japan)

20 Tony Halme & Scott Norton
(November 22 1992/ Tokyo, Japan)

21 The Hell Raisers
(December 14 1992/ Tokyo, Japan)

22 The Jurassic Powers
(August 5 1993/ Tokyo, Japan)

23 The Hell Raisers (2)
(January 4 1994/ Tokyo, Japan)

24 Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Muto (2)
(November 25 1994/ Iwate, Japan)
Vacate title May 6, 1995.

25 Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan
(June 10 1995 Osaka, Japan)
Defeated Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata [Super Strong Machine] to win the vacant title. Vacate title July 7, 1995.

26 Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata
(July 13 1995/ Sapporo, Japan)
Defeated Mike Enos & Scott Norton to win the vacant title.

27 Takashi Iizuka & Kazuo Yamazaki
(June 12 1996/ Osaka, Japan)

28 Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (2)
(July 1996/ Sapporo, Japan)

29 Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura (4)
(January 4 1997/ Tokyo, Japan)

30 Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki
(April 12 1997/ Tokyo, Japan)

31 Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi
(May 3 1997/ Osaka, Japan)

32 Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki
(August 10 1997/ Nagoya, Japan)

33 Masahiro Chono & Keiji Muto (2)
(October 19 1997/ Kobe, Japan)
Vacate titles July 21, 1998.

34 Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (3)
(June 5 1998/ Tokyo, Japan)
Won a tournament to win the vacant title.

35 Shiro Koshinaka & Genichiro Tenryu
(July 15 1998/ Sapporo, Japan)

36 Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan
(January 4 1999/ Tokyo, Japan)

37 Shiro Koshinaka & Kensuke Sasaki
(March 22 1999/ Amagasaki, Japan)

38 Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara
(June 27 1999/ Shizuoka, Japan)

39 Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi
(August 28 1999/ Tokyo, Japan)

40 Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (2)
(July 20 2000/ Sapporo, Japan)

41 Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura
(September 22 2001/ Osaka, Japan)

42 Taiyo Kea & Keiji Muto
(October 28 2001/ Fukuoka, Japan)
Vacate title February 2, 2002.

43 Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (4)
(March 24 2002/ Amagasaki, Japan)
Won a tournament to win the vacant title.

44 Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yutaka Yoshie
(June 13 2003/ Tokyo, Japan)

45 Osamu Nishimura & Hiroyoshi Tenzan
(December 14 2003 Nagoya, Japan)

46 Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama
(February 1 2004/ Sapporo, Japan)
Vacate title November 21, 2004.

47 Shinsuke Nakamura & Hiroshi Tanahashi
(December 11 2004/ Osaka, Japan)
Defeated Kensuke Sasaki & Minoru Suzuki to win the vacant title.

48 Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (5)
(October 30 2005/ Kobe, Japan)